Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] the [noun] be [being] " in BNC.

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1 A DC may reference up to 29 modules ( note that you should have a maximum of one package on any DC , to allow for successful approval ) and , at the time of approval , all referenced modules must be contained within the package through which the work is being carried out .
2 They were the framework through which the region was being administered .
3 The 63-year-old head of Pembridge Investments , through which the bid is being mounted says , ‘ rule number one in this business is : the more luxurious the luncheon rooms at headquarters , the more inefficient the business ’ .
4 His friends have also suggested that he would be willing to sell on a stake in MK Trafford Holdings , the Isle of Man-based company through which the bid is being made , in order to raise cash for the deal .
5 A close associate of Knighton said that one option being considered was to sell on part of his Isle of Man holding company , M K Trafford , through which the offer is being made .
6 Certain decisions may thwart the very purpose for which the decision is being made .
7 The net interest accrued since the last ex dividend date is determined as follows : where AI = net accrued interest , N xc = number of days between the ex dividend date and the coupon payment date ( typically 37 days for UK government bonds ) , N xt = number of days between the ex dividend date and the date for which the calculation is being made .
8 The Hard Copy Manager may edit the configuration file to allocate more room in the hard copy directory , or to reduce the minimum fill mark of the volumes , or the manager may reduce the number of charge codes for which the run is being made ; the manager may make both adjustments if necessary .
9 ‘ ( 3 ) Where the seller sells goods in the course of a business and the buyer , expressly or by implication , makes known ( a ) to the seller or ( b ) … any particular purpose for which the goods are being bought , there is an implied condition that the goods supplied under the contract are reasonably fit for that purpose .
10 ( j ) The implied obligation of fitness for purpose The implied condition of merchantability is supplemented by the fitness for purpose provision found in s14(3) of SGA 1979 which provides : ( 3 ) Where the seller sells goods in the course of a business and the buyer , expressly or by implication , makes known ( a ) to the seller , or ( b ) where the purchase price or part of it is payable by instalments and the goods were previously sold by a credit-broker to the seller , to that credit-broker , any particular purpose for which the goods are being bought , there is an implied condition that the goods supplied under the contract are reasonably fit for that purpose , whether or not that is a purpose for which such goods are commonly supplied , except where the circumstances show that the buyer does not rely , or that it is unreasonable for him to rely , on the skill or judgment of the seller and credit-broker .
11 In artificial selection , the chosen end , for which the race is being fitted , does not elicit the variation being selected .
12 The choice between these ways will depend upon the purpose for which the analysis is being made .
13 — Tell the reader something about the context from which the quotation was taken , to indicate the background against which the quotation is being used .
14 After the weekend , the Unionist Whips decided that they had taken things far enough , having wasted an entire week of parliamentary time and given their supporters a sign of the vigour with which the fight was being waged .
15 I understand the reservations expressed by hon. Members on both sides of the House about the speed with which the Bill is being enacted .
16 Books and pamphlets directed at children and parents , conferences and public meetings , together with the formation of influential pressure groups , all testified to the seriousness with which the issue was being treated .
17 The essence of the prosecution case would have been the use by the respondent of excessive force towards two members of the family of the Murphy brothers in the course of removing them from the vicinity of a police van into which the brothers were being placed .
18 The company want to be satisfied about the conditions under which the lift is being undertaken and may wish to charge additional premium to delete this exclusion .
19 When one hears and sees the grids and axes within which the teachers are being encouraged to monitor the progress of each child , it ought to be sufficient to give any sane person pause for thought !
20 These changes , in the piecemeal fashion in which the Act is being implemented , will come into force in September 1993 and have already led to what Adrian Randall , finance director of the Cancer Research Campaign , calls , ‘ some howlers ’ .
21 It was soon apparent that many of the audience were critical of the way in which the law is being administered .
22 Well I think the first thing is , we have to bring out into the open the way in which the law is being misused .
23 But if it 's done as a way of accelerating the child 's development , in order , as it were , to give it the edge over its peers , that does n't seem to me to suggest a relationship in which parent and child are enjoying each other ; it is much more a relationship in which the child is being prepared for competition with its peers and this , I feel , probably is going to turn out badly , because almost inevitably the child will not reach the levels that the parent has build up in fantasy in its own mind .
24 But if it 's done as a way of accelerating the child 's development , in order , as it were , to give it the edge over its peers , that does n't seem to me to suggest a relationship in which parent and child are enjoying each other ; it is much more a relationship in which the child is being prepared for competition with its peers and this , I feel , probably is going to turn out badly , because almost inevitably the child will not reach the levels that the parent has build up in fantasy in its own mind .
25 One might suggest that the vibrancy in the Philippine health movement is a measure of the critical nature of the struggle but I could argue that it is a product of the manner in which the struggle is being waged .
26 Most of the area in which the elections were being held still had air cover , in the form of daily overflights by US and UK aircraft based at Incirlik in southern Turkey , which provided cover north of the 36th parallel [ see pp. 38690 ; 38789 ; 38886 ] .
27 It is possible , however , that Christianity 's greatest early influence was on those of the Jewish faith who were already questioning the manner in which the scriptures were being used to justify the establishment of secular privileges , and were being cited in support of other controversial practices such as the use of the Temple for financial purposes .
28 ‘ We must accept the fact that this is an age in which the cloth is being unwoven … ’
29 All texts contain elements of metacommunication — devices which refer the recipient to a preferred reading of the relational contexts in which the statements are being made .
30 Validated centres may if they wish adapt these to suit their own teaching styles and to correspond with the contexts in which the modules are being offered .
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